Golf bag support



Dec. 22, 1953 c. M. HADLEY 2,563,528

GOLF BAG SUPPORT Filed May 11, 1948 2 Sheets-Sheet l I N VEN TOR.

Dec. 22, 1953 c. M. HADLEY 2,663,528

GOLF BAG SUPPORT Filed May 11, 1948' 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I I N VEN TOR.

awmrdnmmaze ATTU R N EYS Patented Dec. 22, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE dour BAG SUPPORT Cliffordimnaaley, ChicagoJll. Application May '11, 1948, Serial No. 26,450

(cram-=96) This invention relates to golf bag supports.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a golf bag support which can be easily clipped or fixed to a golf bag and which has a swingable leg structure adapted to swing outwardly to provide a support for maintaining the bag in a tilted position so that the golf clubs will be readily accessible and removable therefrom and wherein on the connection of the support to the bag it is unnecessary to drill holes or rigidly attach the support thereto or to deface the exterior of the golf bag.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a golf bag support which is of simple construction, adjustable to different bags, wherein the leg portions can be spread to difierent lateral positions, inexpensive to manufacture, compact, and efficient in operation.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in con nection with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of the bag resting upon the support embodying the features of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a front elevational view looking upon the support and upon the bag.

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the bag with the support extended upon the same for permitting the carrying of the bag.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary top plan view of the golf bag support looking upon the clamp for retaining the support upon the bag.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary upper end elevational view of the golf club bag support.

Fig. 6 is a side elevational view of the upper end of the golf bag support.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view, in elevation, taken on line 1-1 of Fig. 5.

'Fig. 8 is a fragmentary front elevational view of the bag support taken of the connection between the leg portions.

Referring now to the figures, Iil represents a golf bag to which my golf bag support is connected. My golf bag support comprises a clamp I2 of the spring type. The clamp I2, which is in the form of a split ring, is adapted to be connected around the upper end of the golf bag at a location adjacent the handle I3 of the bag. The spring ring I2 has welded or otherwise secured thereto a pair of relative spaced eye bolts I4 which extend downward and rearwardly from the ring and which, during the application of the support, are positioned at opposite sides of the golf bag handle I3. A bar I5 which extends through the golf bag handle I3 is removably secured to the eye bolt I4 by nuts 28. The eye bolt I4, the rear portion of the ring I2, and the bar I5 constitute means for clamping the support to the golf bag handle I3.

The closed end I6a of a U-shaped supporting prop or member I6 is pivoted in the eyes of the bolt I4. This member has depending supporting portions or legs I! and I8 which are laterally spaced from one another and which have respectively stop flanges 2I for limiting the extent to which the portions I1 and I8 can extend into the ground when supporting the upper end of a golf bag in a tilted manner as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Brazed to each of the leg portions I1 and I8, and extending inwardly therefrom, are arms 22 and 23 respectively which are united together in an adjustable manner by a sleeve 24 having set screws 25 and 26 adapted to engage respectively those portions of the arms 22 and 23 within the sleeve. The parts 22, 23 and 24 constitute an adjustable brace for the legs I! and I8.

Those portions of the legs I! and I8 located below the brace are angled in the direction of the golf bag, and are spaced apart for a distance greater than the width of the bag, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, respectively, whereby to adapt them to lay at opposite sides of the bag when the support is folded against the bag, as shown in Fig. 3. This provides for a compact arrangement of the bag and support which adapts the bag to be conveniently carried.

It will be apparent that upon assembling the golf bag support II about the handle I3 of the bag in the manner as shown, the clamping ring I2 will be held against rotational movement on the bag and at the same time will be held against longitudinal displacement along the bag so that there is little opportunity for the ring to become easily detached from the bag. It will also be apparent that there has been provided a golf bag support which can be connected to the bag without the necessity of having to drill holes or provide additional attachment means which to be installed would have to deface the exterior of the bag.

The bag I 0 can have the usual strap 28 extended from the same. As the bag is picked up, the leg portions I1 and I8 will drop toward the side of the bag and the bag can be easily handled in the usual manner without the leg supports interfering.

The leg portions can be adjusted to any distance apart by adjusting the brackets 22 in the sleeve 24.

The eye bolts l5 are secured to the plate 14 by nuts 28. The U-shaped member has its portion I6 pivotally connected to the eye bolts.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claim.

I claim:

In a golf bag support, a curved spring clamp,

a pair of spaced eye bolts secured to said clamp,

from the lower ends ofsaid legs for limiting movement of the legs into the ground, arms extending inwardly from said legs, a sleeve adjustably connecting said arms together, the portion of the legs below the sleeve being arranged in angular relation with respect to each other and being spaced apart a distance greater than the width of a golf bag.

CLIFFORD M. HADLEY.

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Thommen July 13, 1943 

